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List Price : $99.98 Price : $90.34
List Price : $99.98 Price : $90.34
Product Description
Knitting Factory Records is proud to release the first of the long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. This is the first in a series of curated Vinyl Box sets. These six albums were chosen by noted Fela-head, ?uestlove from The Roots.
The box includes the albums:
- Fear Not For Man
- Sorrow Tears and Blood
- Beasts Of No Nation
- Expensive Shit
- Everything Scatter
- Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
The artwork for each album is the painstakingly recreated authentic album artwork along with vintage vinyl labels!
Also included in the box:
- a poster from a 1986 Austin, TX Fela concert
- 12 page full-color booklet with an essay by ?uestlove and album descriptions by the veteran British music journalist, Chris May.
Vinyl Box Set #1 Curated by ?uestlove Reviews
Vinyl Box Set #1 Curated by ?uestlove Reviews
| 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:  Fela is genius., Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Vinyl Box Set #1 Curated by ?uestlove (Vinyl) I know I'm a white boy but this Fela stuff is pure magic. The music is just hypnotic. I have a few friends that casually listen to Fela but they all say the same thing, "it's great backround music, but i wouldn't sit down and listen to it closely". Actually, that's the whole point. Most music is just verse chorus verse chorus and so on, maybe with a guitar solo thrown in the mix. Fela's music is different. It has pulse, a flow, one that increases and decreases in intensity as the song develops. I find this more interesting because you can listen to the whole song without getting bored. Have you ever listened to 15 minute pop song with the same level of interest the whole way though? Probably not. Even after listening to a Fela song you still feel like it has lasted only a few minutes. Anyway, I could go on and on but there's no point in trying to explain Fela's music without listening to it yourself. As for the boxset itself. I was initially disappointed with the quality... Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: A Masterpiece, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Vinyl Box Set #1 Curated by ?uestlove (Vinyl) First of all I love Fela Kuti and afrobeat. I own numerous afrobeat compilations and by far this is the best of them all. It includes 6 of fela's best albums. To finally be able to own Sorrow Tears and Blood on vinyl is worth the price of the package in and of itself (to me atleast) THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST VINYL PURCHASE I HAVE EVER MADE! you can not go wrong with having this amazing box set in your collection. afro pop at it's best, By zenmaestro "willie" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Vinyl Box Set #1 Curated by ?uestlove (Vinyl) this box set includes many of fela's popular tracks. missing: original sufferhead, odoo, upside down. i already owned most of his catalogue on cd and a couple on vinyl. this box provided a great way to acquire a quality collection of his music on vinyl. highly recommended for fans of fela. many have tried to imitate fela's sound -including his son, femi- and yet no one sounds like him. he infuses his soul into his music in a way inimitable. he held such strong conviction and passion for the topics about which he sang. so much so that he died for it. we miss you fela. just like there will never be another jimi hendrix. there never be another fela. immerse yourself in this one-of-a-kind experience. only con: the quality of the graphics on the album cover. it almost appears as though someone took a photo of the original covers and used that to print these covers. or that they enlarged the cd covers to make the album covers. |
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